| This is an interesting discussion and a good one to start.
My understanding of judging as probably stated earlier is to gradually improve on plants through line breeding or hybridising. This is essentially so that an awarded plant can be bred from with another superior plant and continue the improvements moving forward. So let's say a plant blooms well one year out of 10 really well but for the other 9 years it doesn't bloom as award quality. So is that plant worth awarding? Is it worth breeding from? Will improvements in breeding come from such a plant?
I just wonder about this aspect of it. What do you think?
Or am I off the mark? |